#ren

I think because my parents died in their early 50s, mid 50s, I always thought I would die young. And that's been both a useful thing and I suspect something that's haunted me a little bit. ↗

— Stephen Dunn

#because #been #bit #both #die

I had a happy, dramafree youth, growing up in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. The only thing that was slightly unusual compared to most of my friends was that I was an only child... I don't think that's why my parents gave me a dummy, at least they've never copped to it. ↗

— Jeff Dunham

#compared #dallas #dummy #friends #gave

I mean, I - it's so funny, I am, you know, I am, you know, a working woman out in the world, but I still live with my parents half the time. I've been sort of taking this very long, stuttering period of moving out. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#been #funny #half #i #i am

I am hoping to be able to lend my support to a Sickle Cell charity in the near future, as I want to try and help raise money and awareness about this disease. ↗

— Jourdan Dunn

#about #am #awareness #cell #charity

So being two different people in one day unnerved me to no end. ↗

— Irene Dunne

#day #different #different people #end #me

Since it's based on my parents, it's more emotionally close to me than some of my more surreal plays. And then I like the balance of the comic and the sad. It should play as funny, but you should care about the characters and feel sad for them. ↗

— Christopher Durang

#balance #based #care #characters #close

He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment. ↗

— Meister Eckhart

#needs #one thing #pure #serene #thing

You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#choice #inherited #kind #parent #parents

As I've often said, Wisconsin's greatest strength continues to be the dedicated, hardworking people of our state. They go to work everyday, pay their taxes, and raise their kids with good, Midwestern values. ↗

— Jim Doyle

#dedicated #everyday #go #good #greatest

I contend that every woman has the right to feel beautiful, no matter how scrambled her features, or how indifferent her features. ↗

— Marie Dressler

#contend #every #features #feel #her